In the plus column, Kirk Douglas turns 100 today! Amazingly enough, his wife is 97 and they have been together 62 years and are still together. I'm pretty sure I would NEVER live this long nor would I want to but it is an amazing feat.

Glad they finally showed some game play and it looks nice. It seems like maybe the combat looks a little too easy? I remember running across one of the big YMIR Mech's in the beginning of ME2 and it was definitely a challenge. In this video it looks like taking down a couple of large bots is no problema? Also, I didn't notice your other squad mates fighting along side you, did I miss this or was it not shown? I like the scanner thingy they showed and that will hopefully add a layer to the game. Overall, totally stoked and ready romance a female Krogan!

jdreyer wrote on Nov 27, 2016, 12:02:The man had gravitas. I'll never forget that voice. 71 isn't even old. Fuck you 2016. With a rusty nail.

Personally, this has been one of the worst years me and the wife have seen together (her Mom passed Nov. 2nd, we've lost 1 dog, 1 cat, and one guinea pig, my Mom just got out of the hospital after faling, wife's Dad has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, our refrigerator died) and it just keeps going. Yeah...

Dr_Dissent wrote on Nov 20, 2016, 01:29:I was out walking my dog on the trail behind my house and I ran into this guy walking his dog. Started talking. He's a developer who works at CIG here in Austin. Says he's working on Star Citizen. I just smiled and said I was familiar with the company. What do you say when you meet a stranger who owes you money?

O.k. *cracking knuckles* IF, I was runnin' the company HERE's what I would do...

I would stop having ship and concept sales altogether. Just put everything that you can sell constantly up for sale, period. Stop trying to make money, screw it. At this point, everyone knows about this game and will buy what they want, if they want. These sales only make the company look like they are money grubbers; end them. If they do still have cash to burn (which is unknown), put everybody on the immediate job of finishing Squadron 42 and I mean EVERYONE!

Then, just ship Squadron 42 and a server-side version of the Persistent Universe kinda like they have right now BUT with all the ships available to fly that you can configure and run on your own server if you want.

Next, watch the money from selling an actual game come rollin' in along with a renewed sense of purpose and a much needed boost of confidence for the company as a whole. THEN finish the MMO part of the game and release it to the masses as a decent 1.0 and keep adding and tweaking it to perfection.

Amazing if you read his announcement. In the same letter he says that they are going to make the actual REAL internal timelines available to all. Then, he attempts to explain exactly how Star Citizen credits for melting (selling) of ships doesn't equal "real money" anymore when purchasing new ships so the people that bought early ships and try to sell them for equal credit...yeah you just got ripped off. All the while, people in the comments are cheering and applauding Chris Roberts and company for their efforts thus far. Truly, amazing stuff there. The Kool-Aid is strong with this one.

Apparently RSI needed someone that had worked on games with lofty, impossible goals, that was o.k. with bullshitting the consumer and ultimately not delivering anything close to what was promised; the former Hello Games designer was the perfect match.